Education

Degree	Institution	Major
BS	University of Dayton	Social Work
MA	University of Connecticut	Sociology
PhD	Kent State University	Sociology

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Fellowship	Collaborative Center for Health Equity	Health Equity Leadership Fellows
Fellowship		Cross-Cultural Health Care Training Program
Fellowship	Connecticut Health Foundation	Health Leadership Fellow
Fellowship	University of Connecticut	Service Learning Faculty Fellow

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
University of Connecticut’s Provost’s Award for Excellence in Community Engaged Scholarship in the Distinguished Instructor Award	University of Connecticut
100 Women of Color Award Recognized for Contributions in Education, Connecticut and Western Massachusetts
Institute for Collaboration in Health, Intervention and Policy (InCHIP) Leadership Fellow	University of Connecticut
Health Career Opportunity Program Faculty Recognition Award	UConn Health
Joan Segal Outstanding Faculty Award	Department of Public Health Sciences
Honoree	Group on Women in Medicine and Science
Honoree, Women of Innovation	Connecticut Technology Council
Teaching Award of Excellence	Clinical Medicine Course

Name & Description	Category	Role	Type	Scope	Start Year	End Year
Student Engagement Committee	Advisory Committee	Chair	UConn Health	University	2021
Graduate Public Health Curriculum Planning Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2019
National Association of Multicultural Education	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2019
Family Life Education, Inc.	Community Service	Board Member	External	Local	2018
Industry Advisory Board to Sport and Medical Sciences Academy	Community Service	Board Member	External	Local	2018
Admissions Committee, School of Medicine	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2017
Academic Advancement Committee	Advisory Committee	Vice Chair	UConn Health	University	2016	2018
Clinical Policy Committee	Education Committee	Co-Chair	UConn Health	University	2016	2018
Academic Advancement Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2014	2018
Executive Committee, Connecticut Multicultural Health Partnership	Advisory Committee	Chair	External	State	2013	2016
Public Issues Council	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2013	2018
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2009
American Public Health Association	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2008
Education and Training Core, NIH funded export center: Center for the Elimination of Health Disparities among Latinos	Advisory Committee	Co-Director	External	National	2008	2011
Steering Committee Member, Rowe Scholars	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn-Storrs	University	2008	2013
Steering Committee Member, Community Advisory Team, Sister Talk of Hartford	Advisory Committee	Member	External	Local	2008	2010
Awareness and Outreach Committee, Connecticut Multicultural Health Partnership	Advisory Committee	Co-Chair	External	State	2008	2018
Community Curriculum Planning Committee	Advisory Committee	Chair	UConn Health	University	2007	2018
Selectives Course Committee	Advisory Committee	Chair	UConn Health	University	2007
Curriculum Operating Sub-Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2007	2017
Health Advisory Board, New Britain Headstart	Advisory Committee	Member	External	Local	2007
Association for Research on Mothering	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2006	2014
Clinical Medicine Course Teaching Awards Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2006
Health Career Opportunities Admissions Committee for Summer Interns	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2006
Association of American Medical Colleges	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2005
Office of Diversity Program’s Historical Recognition Subcommittee	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2004	2010
Clinical Medicine Course Steering Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2001	2016
Association of Black Sociologists	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	National	2000
Connecticut Public Health Association	Professional/Scientific Organization	Member	External	State	2000
Multi-Ambulatory Experience Homeweek Sub-Committee	Advisory Committee	Member	UConn Health	University	2000	2017

Journal Articles

Other

Title or Abstract	Type	Sponsor/Event	Date/Year	Location
Building Bridges: Community-University Collaborations Emphasizing Multicultural Education and Advocacy	Poster	National Association of Multicultural Education	2024	Anaheim, CA
Assuring Readiness to Practice Through Community Engagement: A 2-semester Applied Practice Experience	Other	Association for Prevention, Teaching and Research	2024	Alexandria, VA
Reconceptualizing Student Centered Learning in the Post-Pandemic Classroom,”	Other	Critical Questions in Education	2024	New Orleans, LA
Health Equity in Action - Transforming Neighborhoods through Policy, Advocacy & Partnership	Panel Discussion	Annual Medical Education Conference- Student National Medical Association	2023	Hartford, CT
Making a Difference One Class at a Time: Community-University Collaborations to Address Health Equity	Poster		2023	New Orleans, LA
Anti-racism education: an elective for future professionals	Talk		2022	Virtual
Anti-Racist Medical Education: An elective for pre-clinical health professions students	Talk	Society for Public Health Education	2021	St. Louis, MO
Student Attittudes and Perceptions of COVID-19 and its Impact on Medical Education	Poster	Association of American Medical Colleges Group on Educational Affairs	2021	Virtual
Improving Communication, Reducing Health Disparities, Encouraging Advocacy: A Curriculum for Medical Students	Poster	National Association of Multicultural Education	2020	Virtual
To Trust or Not to Trust, that is the Question: Developing Innovative Multicultural Education Curricula to Address the Influence of Physician Trust among Racially and Ethnically Diverse LGBT Patients	Poster	National Association for Multicultural Education	2019	Tucson, AZ
The Health Disparities Clinical Summer Research Fellowship Program Exposes Undergraduate Pre-Health Professions Students to Clinical Medicine and Health Research	Poster	New England Group on Student Affairs	2019	Boston, MA
Preparing the Next Generation: The Health Disparities Clinical Summer Research Fellowship	Poster	Conference on Academic Research in Education	2019	Las Vegas, NV
Trust Matters: LGBT Patients, Physician Trust and Implications for Medical Education	Talk	American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences	2018	Las Vegas, NV
Sex is Better than Ever: Exploring Intimacy, Parenthood and Wellbeing among Racially Diverse Women Ages 30 to 80	Poster	American Public Health Association	2018	San Diego, CA
An Investigation of Sexual Wellbeing and Health: Employing Strength Based Approach to the Study of Black Women's Sexuality	Talk	American Association of Behavioral Social Sciences	2017	Las Vegas, NV
Teen Motherhood: Her Story- Utilizing the Multiracial Feminist Framework to Examine Teen Moms from their own Perspective	Talk	Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference	2017	Las Vegas, NV
Is Mama Really Happy? Utilizing Positive Psychology and Multiracial Feminist Theory to Explore Gender Roles, Race and Health among African American and Afro-Caribbean Women	Talk	Association of Black Sexologists and Clinicians	2017	St. Thomas, VI
We have CLAS, Do You? Improving CLAS Standards Awareness Statewide	Poster	Heatlh Disparities Conference	2016	New Orleans, LA
Addressing Health Disparities through Education: LGBT Patients	Poster	Health Disparities Conference	2016	New Orleans, LA
Sexualosity” and General Life Satisfaction in the Lives of Professional Black Women: A Black Feminist Analysis	Talk	Association of Black Sexologists and Cliniicians	2016	Fort Lauderdale, FL
Trust Matters: Physician Trust among Diverse LGBT Patients and Implications for Care and Medical Education	Poster	American Public Health Association	2016	Denver, CO
You Don’t Know what you Don’t Know: Preparing Health Professionals to work with Southeast Asian Communities	Poster	American Public Health Association	2016	Denver, CO
Mom has Sex?!: The Intersectionality of Gender, Culture and Race	Other	Association of Black Sexologists and Clinicians	2016	St. Thomas, VI
'Sexuaolosity' and General Life Satisfaction in the Lives of Professional Black Women: A Black Feminist Analysis	Talk	Association of Black Sexologists and Clinicians	2016	Fort Lauderdale, FL
You Don't Know What you Don't Know: Preparing Health Professionals to Work with Southeast Asian Communities	Poster	American Public Health Association	2016	Denver, CO
LGBT Patient Narratives to Teach Sexual History-Taking	Poster	Sex and Gender Based Medical Education Conference	2015	Rochester, MN
Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Preparation, Pipeline, Partnership	Poster	American Public Health Association	2014	New Orleans, LA
Do you have CLAS? A Statewide Initiative to Improve Knowledge of the CLAS Standards among Providers, Students and Consumers	Poster	American Public Health Association	2014	New Orleans, LA
Raising Awareness, Improving Skills: A Strategy to Address Health Disparities among Southeast Asians in Connecticut	Talk	American Public Health Association	2014	New Orleans, LA
Developing Cross-Cultural Communication Curriculum: Awareness, Knowledge and Skills	Talk	International Medical Interpreters Association	2014	Houston, TX
Effective Partnerships for Achieving Health Equity and Systems Change: Collaborations between a State Agency, Advocacy Groups, Academic, and Other Partners	Talk	Health Disparities Conference at Teachers College, Columbia University	2014	New York, NY
Speak Up! A Longitudinal, Multi-Year Undergraduate Curriculum for Patient Advocacy	Talk	Northeast Group on Educational Affairs	2014	New Haven, CT
Teens as Teachers Improving Recruitment and Training of Adolescent Standardized Patients in a Simulated Patient Encounter	Poster	Northeast Group on Educational Affairs	2014	New Haven, CT
Engaging Youth in the Social Lives of Communities: A Photo-Voice Pilot Project to Promote Change	Poster	American Public Health Association	2014	New Orleans, LA
Intersectional Research in LGBT Health: A Call to Action	Talk	Eastern Sociological Association Annual Conference	2013	Boston, MA
The Definition and Delivery of Culturally Competent Care to LGBT Patients: Evidence from a Community Driven Model	Poster	National Conf. on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations	2013	Oakland, CA
That's Not Exactly What I Meant: A Curriculum for Successfully Working with an Interpreter	Poster	National Conf. on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations	2013	Oakland, CA
Let's Work Together: A Community-Campus Collaboration to Explore Southeast Asian Health Beliefs and Practices	Talk	National Conf. on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations	2013	Oakland, CA
What's in a Name: Distinguishing Medical School Educators	Poster	Northeast Group on Educational Affairs	2013	New York, NY
Helping Medical Students Get the IDEA and ACE Professional Reflection: Using Rubrics to Help Foster, Guide and Evaluate Reflective Writing Exercises	Poster	American Association of Medical Colleges	2013	Philadelphia, PA
A Different Voice: Perspectives from Non-Physician Medical Educators	Poster	American Association of Medical Colleges	2013	Philadelphia, PA
Teens as Teachers: Building and Adolescent Health Curriculum	Poster	MedEdPortal, I-Collaborative	2012
Improving Understanding of Southeast Asian Cultures: A Strategy for Addressing Health Disparities	Poster	American Association of Medical Colleges	2012	San Francisco, CA
Teens as Teachers: Building An Adolescent Health Curriculum	Talk	American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC)	2011	Denver, CO
Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? Building Momentum for Health Equity in Connecticut	Poster	American Public Health Association (APHA)	2011	Washington DC
Improving Doctor-Patient Communication in Cross-Cultural Settings	Poster	Northeast Group on Educational Affairs	2011	Washington D.C.
Putting the Cart Before the Horse: The Relevance of Social Justice in Cultural Competency Training	Talk	Association of Black Sociologists	2010	Atlanta, GA
Where to Begin: Using Competencies to Develop and Assess Community Based Education Curriculum	Poster	Northeast Group on Educational Affairs	2010	Farmington, CT
Think About It: Using Journal Reflection to Consider Chemical Dependency Issues	Poster	Northeast Group on Educational Affairs	2010	Farmington, CT
Connect and Create: Building University-Community Partnerships to Develop Cross Cultural Curricula Addressing Health Disparities	Poster	Health Disparities Conference, Teachers College, Columbia University	2009	New York, NY
Developing Curricula through University-Community Partnerships	Poster	Association of Black Sociologists	2009	New Orleans, LA
Cultural Competency Education and the Need for Social and Behavioral Sciences in the Curriculum	Talk	Association of Black Sociologists	2009	New Orleans, LA
Adolescent History Training Module	Talk	MedEdPortal	2009
Cross-Cultural and Diversity Inclusiveness: Training of Health and Human Service Providers: A Comprehensive and Participatory Approach	Talk	New England Regional Minority Health Conference	2009	Providence, RI
Collaborating with Communities: Cross Cultural Education to Address Health Disparities	Talk	Global Health Education Consortium	2008	Sacramento, CA
Connecting with the Community for Cross Cultural Education	Talk	Northeast Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA) annual Conference	2008	Burlington, VT
Tools for Teaching Cross-Cultural Skills	Talk	New England Conference on Multicultural Education (NECME)	2008	Hartford, CT
Cross-cultural and Diversity Inclusiveness Training to Reduce ‘Borders as Barriers’ to Health and Health Care	Poster	American Public Health Association (APHA)	2008	San Diego, CA
Building a Health Literacy Curriculum	Poster	Northeast Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA) annual Conference	2007	Stony Brook, NY
Developing Medical Education Partnerships with Local Communities	Talk	American Association of Medical Colleges	2007	Washington DC
Race, Biology and Culture	Poster	Network/TULF annual Conference	2006	Ghent, Belgium
Culturally Competent Health Care: What is it and how can we achieve it?	Talk	Community Health Foundation of Greater New Britain	2005	Berlin, CT
A Required Professional Capstone Experience: The Selective Course	Poster	Network/TULF annual Conference	2005	Vietnam
An Introduction to Community Based Education: Community Orientation and Tour	Poster	Network/TULF annual Conference	2005	Vietnam
Developing Educational Tools to Reduce Health Disparities	Talk	Society of General Internal Medicine	2004	Chicago, IL
Teen Pregnancy: A Mother’s Perspective	Talk	Association of Black Sociologists	2004	San Francisco, CA
A Multidimensional Assessment of Teen Pregnancy from a Mother’s Perspective	Talk	Race, Gender, and Class conference	2004	New Orleans, LA
Developing Cross-Cultural Curricula with the Community	Poster	Network	2004	Atlanta, GA
Preparing Medical Students for Urban Health: Developing Cross-Cultural Curricula with the Community	Talk	International Health Medical Education Consortium	2003	New York, NY
Assessing Community Health Skills	Talk	Northeast Group on Educational Affairs Regional Meeting	2003	Boston, MA
Community Connections: Improving Education, Research and Service	Talk	Connecticut Health Seminar Series	2002	Farmington, CT
Deconstructing Race as a Cross-cultural Skills Teaching Tool	Talk	Association of Black Sociologists	2002	Chicago, IL
Three Practitioners’ Views of Distance Education: Perspectives from the Sciences, Social Sciences, and the Humanities	Talk	Albertus Magnus College and the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium	2002	New Haven, CT
Developing Cross Cultural Curricula with the Community	Talk	Community Campus Partnerships for Health Conference	2001	San Antonio, TX
Dimensions of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic and Black Public Health	Panel Discussion	Association of Black Sociologists	2001	Anaheim, CA
Community Based Clinical Practice Sites as Role Models for Partnership and Health Promotion	Poster	Community Campus Partnerships for Health Conference	2000	Washington DC
Cross Cultural Curriculum	Poster	American Association of Medical Colleges	2000	Washington DC
’Since When is Gender a Four-Letter Word?’: An Experience of Doing Research on Gender in a Chilly Climate	Talk	Toxic Towers: The Impact of Higher Education on Women Conference	1997	Akron, OH
Racial Passing: Social and Psychological Consequences	Talk	North Central Sociological Association	1995	Pittsburgh, PA